Kortenberg
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Nomenclature and Geography
Category: City / Municipality
Summary
About the place: Kortenberg is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium, located roughly halfway between Brussels and Leuven.
Flag Description: The flag consists of five horizontal stripes of equal width, coloured (from top to bottom) red, white, blue, yellow, and green.
Symbolism: The five horizontal stripes represent the five sub-municipalities that form the current municipality of Kortenberg: Erps-Kwerps, Everberg, Kortenberg, Meerbeek, and Nossegem. The colors correspond to the traditional colors used historically by these former municipalities.
Flag Description: The flag consists of five horizontal stripes of equal width, coloured (from top to bottom) red, white, blue, yellow, and green.
Symbolism: The five horizontal stripes represent the five sub-municipalities that form the current municipality of Kortenberg: Erps-Kwerps, Everberg, Kortenberg, Meerbeek, and Nossegem. The colors correspond to the traditional colors used historically by these former municipalities.
Statistics
Area
34.70 km²
Population
31,386